hjembrent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

hjem +‎ brent, first part from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) +‎ *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix). Last part is the past participle of brenne (“to burn”), from Old Norse brenna (“to burn”), causative of brenna, brinna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to cause to burn, to set on fire”), causative of *brinnaną (“to burn, to be on fire”), from *bʰrénuh₁e-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɛmːbrɛnt/
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Rhymes: -ɛnt
Hyphenation: hjem‧brent

Noun

hjembrent m (definite singular hjembrenten, indefinite plural hjembrenter, definite plural hjembrentene)

Alternative spelling of hjemmebrent (“moonshine”)

References

“hjembrent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“hjembrenning” in Store norske leksikon